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This article explores emerging trends in continuous pharmaceutical film-coating processes.

On December 1, 2020, Parsolex and Syntegon Pharma Technology hosted a technical forum entitled “Solving Scale-Up and Technical Challenges in Batch and Continuous Pharmaceutical Production” in West Lafayette, IN, and online. This article contains excerpts from the forum as well as additional comments concerning the application of continuous manufacturing processes in the pharmaceutical industry.

This edition of Eye on Excipients looks at the critical material properties excipients must possess to perform well during each stage of a continuous tableting process.

This article explains the compaction analysis and lubrication measurements found in USP general Chapter <1062> “Tablet Compression Characterization.” Readers will learn how to characterize the compaction and lubrication behaviors of tableting materials and then use that information to prevent future manufacturing and quality issues.

This article provides three main reasons metal detectors fail to detect metal fragments and explains what you can do to improve metal detection in your facility.

In 1969, Swiss psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross revolutionized the way terminally ill patients were treated with the publication of her worldwide best seller, On Death and Dying. Kübler-Ross divided the grieving process into five phases: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Organizations subject to current Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) compliance can go through these stages as well, especially when GMP compliance is a new requirement.